Author: Kate Jonuska

It’s Friday. So slide into a booth and burn away the week’s troubles with a customarily addictive house salsa and warm chips. For bigger troubles, administer a dose of habanero sting from the unique cabbage slaw salsa. Water in a fountain splashes somewhere nearby while ceiling fans twirl above. For the last eight years –…

Located just north of Colorado Springs, the Black Forest is known for its tall trees, views, horse property and lovely real estate. Its more than 13,000 residents, however, can’t survive on scenery alone, and so to meet their edible needs, a small culinary culture has popped up in the town’s historic downtown. Rather that just…

Snapshot, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: The sunset lights up the windows of Rudiments Café, silhouetting people walking through the door with musical instruments. The small, quirky and artsy café, which is a Bohemian sprout in an asphalt desert, is soon full of patrons. The music drifts out the door and turns heads on the sidewalk outside.…

Snapshot, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday: The sunset lights up the windows of Rudiments Café, silhouetting people walking through the door with musical instruments. The small, quirky and artsy café, which is a Bohemian sprout in an asphalt desert, is soon full of patrons. The music drifts out the door and turns heads on the sidewalk outside. People…

Tucked deep in North Circle Plaza, Las Cazuelas is one of those tiny, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Mexican restaurants with a handful of tables and the same familiar face serving you each time you visit. You won’t miss it, though. The neon in the window declares the restaurant’s presence like a beacon in a storm. Most neighborhood Mexican…